The last observation in that interview is still current.
> The president, irrespective of who he is, today, is so powerful that the temptations of the office for good or evil are too great for any one man. I think we ought to begin to dismantle the office. I think we ought to have a head of state symbolizing the country around whom the natural feeling of patriotism and reverence accrue and separate him from the head of the government.
This will happen naturally as small scale self e-gocernance takes on more and more responsibility. As the responsibilities of the state dry up, city, state, and federal government figures naturally become more figureheads. It will be a race to who has the best parades and funnest hats.
> The president, irrespective of who he is, today, is so powerful that the temptations of the office for good or evil are too great for any one man. I think we ought to begin to dismantle the office. I think we ought to have a head of state symbolizing the country around whom the natural feeling of patriotism and reverence accrue and separate him from the head of the government.